History
First founded as Eigen Video in 1975, the company originally developed devices for recording images for the film industry. Among many noteable events, Eigen Video brought sports broadcasting the 10 second instant replay with commentator Howard Cosell and Monday Night Football.
George Lucas refused to accept the limitations of filmmaking during this time. Using the Eigen Video VDR to shoot multiple sequences without film, Lucas delivered the hundreds of shots that were required to make his vision a reality and create the special effects that later would become Star Wars.
By late 1975, Eigen launched the imaging revolution in cardiology by introducing the First Flexible Disk Slow Motion Video System giving doctors the "instant replay ability."
In 1978, Eigen developed the First Guideshot recorder for PTCA. The development and refinement of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) brought about an exciting new dimension in the treatment of coronary artery disease (CAD). Following his successful first PTCA procedure, Dr. Andreas Gruentzig continued to perform and improve the technique, using the Eigen VDR to perfect his procedures at Emory University Hospital.
1980's Eigen developed the First high-resolution freeze-frame for VTRs. Improving the image quality for doctors was paramount and eliminating the dependence on cine film was moving rapidly.
Although in 1986, the need for Eigen's equipment was still relied upon in the film industry when an Eigen VDR was used by a TV station to analyze frame-by-frame shots of the Challenger explosion, leading to the conclusion of the O-ring failure.
In the 1990's Eigen brought digital imaging to medicine with the First Digital Disk Recorder, the First DualPath Optical Disk Recorder and the First Dynamic Digital Image Archiver.
2000's With the advent of intranet, internet and the need for multiple system configurations to "talk" to each other, Eigen developed the First Universal DICOM acquisition interface for single and bi-plane labs; and one of the First to provide archive storage and retrieval with Eigen-Net, a robust network solution for transferring any images, anywhere, anytime.
Today In the world's finest hospitals, the name Eigen is synonymous with high-definition imaging systems for cardiology and radiology. For the last three decades, Eigen has been a driving force in developing innovative solutions for affordable medical imaging. Now, we are expanding our expertise in imaging technology to Urology and providing assistance with the very urgent need of diagnosing prostate cancer.